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2019-05-24

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of
16 May 2019 to Question 252092 on Self-Harm and Suicide, where data on (a) self-harm
and (b) suicide among family members of victims of violence is held.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of
16 May 2019 to Question 252108 on Crimes of Violence, whether his Department has plans
to make an estimate of the cost to the NHS of violent crime.

<p>The Department currently has no plans to make an estimate of the cost to the National
Health Service of violent crime.</p><p>However, the report ‘The economic and social
costs of crime’<em>,</em> published by the Home Office, includes information on the
costs associated with physical and emotional harms as a consequence of crime for health
services. The report is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime</a></p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department holds
information on the number of neonatal units that have a dedicated (a) psychologist
and (b) counsellor who is fully-funded by the NHS.

<p>A zero rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) has applied to supplies of books, newspapers
and magazines in the UK since the adoption of VAT in 1973.</p><p> </p><p>This served
as a continuation of the exemption of those supplies from purchase tax, applied from
its inception in 1940.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion
of officials in his Department took sick leave for reasons relating to stress in the
last 12 months; what proportion that leave was of total sick leave taken in his Department;
and what the cost was to his Department of officials taking sick leave over that period.

<p>The number of staff in the Home Office who took sickness absence due to mental
health issues in the 12 months to 30 April 2019; the proportion of the total sick
absence that this comprises; and the cost to the Department of sick absence due to
mental ill health during that period is set out in the accompanying table. These absences
include those relating to stress, as well as other mental health issues such as anxiety
and depression. These conditions can be triggered by various factors.</p><p>We are
committed to breaking down barriers and reducing stigma for employees living with
mental health conditions. We aim to equip managers to recognise and address stress
in the workplace and encourage employees to talk to their managers about mental health
issues so that they can access help and support at the earliest stage.</p>

<p>​No decision has been taken to close the youth department of the Council of Europe.
The suggestion to decouple the youth budget from the main budget is just one option
proposed to manage the budget deficit in the organisation flowing from Russian non-payment
and also as part of a wider drive for reforms and efficiency savings. It has yet to
be discussed. The UK's priority is to protect the core functions of the organisation,
including the court and the convention system.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what funding
the Government provides to representatives from the British Youth Council who sit
on the Youth Department of the Council of Europe.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the paper Impact of a
ban on the open display of tobacco products in retail outlets on never smoking youth
in the UK: findings from a repeat cross-sectional survey before, during and after
implementation, published in the British Medical Journal in May; and whether they
will consider the implications of those findings for other unhealthy commodity industries,
including gambling.

<p>The Government keeps all such evidence on the impact of its policies under review,
including the possible wider application of individual policies to other areas. The
Government intends to conduct a formal post-implementation review of this legislation
with a report due in spring 2020 and evidence of this nature will be looked at to
assess the overall impact of legislation. There are no plans to extend the current
ban on open display of tobacco products in retail outlets to other products.</p>

<p>Before accepting a Universal Credit Advance the number of monthly repayment instalments
is agreed with a claimant, up to a maximum of 12. For a variety of reasons, instalments
may not occur consecutively, so claimants do not incur a penalty if it takes them
more than 12 calendar months.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has taken a number of steps
to ensure that advances meet the needs of claimants and that recovery arrangements
are personalised and reasonable. From October 2019 we are reducing the maximum rate
of deductions to 30 per cent and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery
period for advances from 12 to 16 months.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May
to Question 249846, whether she has made an assessment of the feasibility of a claimant
living with a 40 per cent reduction in their universal credit payment; and if she
will make a statement.

<p>The Department has taken a number of steps to ensure that advances meet the needs
of claimants and that recovery arrangements are personalised and reasonable. From
October 2019 we are reducing the maximum rate of deductions to 30 per cent of standard
allowance and from October 2021 we are increasing the maximum recovery period for
advances from 12 to 16 months.</p>